That’s why Class, a new high-profile think-tank co-founded by the GMB, Unite the Union and the Institute of Employment Rights, and backed by a growing number of trade unions, is developing policies on a wide-range of areas, such as inequality, welfare, housing and employment, as well as pushing an economic agenda to counter the Coalition Government's austerity programme and its injustices.

With Class, the GMB is pushing the political agenda back on the side of working people and policymakers are finally starting to take note of the strong evidence behind the issues that matter to us.